A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.

It is always more difficult to fight one's own failings than the power of an adversary.

The future has to be lived before it can be written about.

The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.

The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.

Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.

India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.

...that great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.

A tyrst with destiny - A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom

Those who boast are seldom the great.

When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities.

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.

We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.

No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.